Improved clip foe clothes-lines and other purposes



fJ//W/w/ N. PEIERS. PHOTQLTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON n C i @einen 1511215@anni @High JULIEN s. ROWLEY, or CHATEAUGAY, NEW YORK; Letters Patent o,66,892, dated Julyl, 1867 .l

IMPROVED CLIP FOR CLOTHES-LINES AND OTHER PURPOSES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JULIEN S. ROWLEY, of Chateaugay, Franklin county,New York, have invented a new and improved Clip for Clothes-Lines andother purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents my improved clothes-line clip-fastening when open.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same when closed.

Figure Sis a modification of the form of the side-piece of the clip.

Figure 4 represents the clip fastened to clothes on a line.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved device for fastening clothes onlines to dry, and other similar purposes, and consists in two pieces ofwood pivoted to a handle in such manner that they may be opened orspread apart, in order to be placed on each side of a rope on whichclothes or other articles are hung, when, by drawing them together, theywill clasp and clamp the clothes upon the line to hold them fast uponit, as hereinafter more particularly described.

A represents a. centre-piece or wedge-shaped handle, made of wood, ofany suitable size to serve as a. clothespin or fastening, and B B arelong side-clamps, formed alike and riveted to the centre-piece A by thesame rivet a, so that they can be swung apart, as shown in iig. 1, andclosed, as shown in tig. 2, to lie alongside of the handle A. On theinside of the side-pieces B B, near the outer ends, are madeindentationsc c, round or angular, for tting over and`clasping a rope or line, whenthey are `brought together to hold clothes upon it, as shown in Iig. 4..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The im] rored clip for clothes-lines formed of the side-clamps B B,riveted to the centre-piece A, arranged and operating as hereindescribed.

lThe above specification of ny invention signed by me this 30th day ofApril, 1867.

JULIEN s. ROWLEY.

Witnesses:

HENRY HUTCHINS, HENRY C. KEELER.

